Omni Talk Retail

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Arthur Sylvestre, VP of Media & Digital at Danone North America, for a GrocerTalk conversation on the forces shaping media, digital commerce and consumer engagement across the grocery industry. Arthur brings a CPG perspective to the conversation, exploring how brands like Danone are nav...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Jeremy Gosch, Chairman & CEO of Hy-Vee, following his Groceryshop keynote to unpack the biggest themes shaping the future of grocery. Jeremy and Ben revisit the ideas from his keynote and take a closer look at the challenges and opportunities facing grocery retailers today. The conversa...

In this edition of 5 Insightful Minutes, Chad Lusk, Partner and Managing Director at A&M Consumer and Retail Group, joins Omni Talk live from Groceryshop 2026 to unpack how changing consumer expectations are reshaping food and beverage, from wellness and functional nutrition to value and premiumization. Chad explains why GLP-1s are not creating these trends, but accelerating shifts that have b...

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics , ZenlineAI , and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: McDonald's commits roughly $8.5 billion to franchisees through 2036 to fund remodels, new equipment, and its AI-powered ArchIQ operating system. Instacart takes its Airbnb grocery integration nationwide, extending Instacart Ads' r...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller welcomes Jim Trahanas, Chief Technology Officer at Fruitist, to explore how a fruit company is using technology, data and AI across its entire value chain. Jim breaks down what it actually means to apply AI and machine learning across the business, from the underlying data and technology foundations to th...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller welcomes Andrew Lederman, VP of Global Digital Commerce at Mondelēz International, to explore how grocery shopping is evolving online and what that means for one of the world’s major consumer packaged goods companies. Andrew discusses the global shift toward digital grocery, changing shopping behaviors and the growing...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller connects with Sjoerd Holleman, Chief Product and AI Officer at Albert Heijn, to explore how AI is reshaping the shopping experience. Sjoerd shares lessons from Albert Heijn’s AI shopping assistant Steijn, including what shoppers are using and how those learnings can translate beyond the Dutch market. The...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Ben Miller sits down with Bobby Watts, SVP and Executive Lead of AD Retail Media at Ahold Delhaize USA, to explore how retail media is evolving and where the industry goes next. Bobby explains the scope of AD Retail Media across Ahold Delhaize USA’s banners and shares his perspective on the priorities shaping retail...

In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Quorso , Veloq , and R&S Logistics , Chris Walton is joined by Omni Talk contributor and GrocerTalk host Ben Miller for another round of Fast Five fun, recorded live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas. This week, Walmart fills up, Costco deliver...

Breaking news from Groceryshop 2026: Dollar General is joining the Instacart Marketplace, a new partnership exclusively revealed to Omni Talk Retail by Ryan Hamburger, Chief Commercial Officer at Instacart, during a live conversation with Ben Miller from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 in Las Vegas. Ben and Ryan also unpack Instacart CEO Chris Rogers’ opening Mainstage Keynote, including th...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton sits down with Myron Frazier, Chief Merchandising Officer at Sam’s Club, to explore what value means for today’s increasingly deliberate consumer and how Sam’s Club builds its assortment around that idea. Myron discusses the history behind Sam’s Club, the role of Member’s Mark, and why a curated assortment can be an...

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics , ZenlineAI , and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: Amazon cuts off Meta's Muse AI agent, citing undisclosed access and credential-storage concerns amid the broader agentic-shopping turf war. Best Buy launches a TikTok Shop storefront in late October, offering nearly 10,000 product...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton catches up with Mark Williamson, AVP of Retail Media at Costco, to discuss the evolution of Costco’s retail media capabilities and how the business is balancing advertising with its core membership experience. Mark looks at Costco’s rebuilt ad server, clean room, offsite measurement and search integrations, while ex...

Fresh off the Groceryshop 2026 mainstage, Ben Miller sits down with Yael Cosset, EVP & Chief Digital Officer at Kroger, live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 in Las Vegas, to unpack Kroger’s AI strategy and what comes next as the company moves from experimentation toward more advanced AI applications. Yael discusses the foundations behind Kroger’s AI strategy, the launch of its AI S...

Live from the Vusion podcast studio at booth 913 at Groceryshop 2026 in Las Vegas, Chris Walton sits down with Brian Monahan, SVP of Retail Media at Albertsons Media Collective, to explore how the retail media business has evolved since their last conversation and where AMC is headed next. Brian breaks down Albertsons’ focus on “collective growth” beyond advertising revenue, including category gro...

In this episode, sponsored by Instacart Enterprise , Portager , Vusion , and Sifter Solutions , Ben Miller is joined by Lauren Livak Gilbert , Executive Director of the Digital Shelf Institute, live from Las Vegas on the eve of Groceryshop 2026, to unpack the latest grocery news and trends shaping the global grocery and CPG industry. This week, they discuss: • UK concerns over autonomous delivery...

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics , ZenlineAI , and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: J.C. Penney's Q2 sales fall more than 8% as the department store loses market share, even as beauty and active apparel post gains. Wegmans commits $110 million to a new refrigerated distribution facility and return center in Roche...

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by R&S Logistics , ZenlineAI , and Mirakl . In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses: Kroger stops selling Red Bull at all stores and fuel centers amid a reported pricing dispute, and pulls Boar's Head deli meats from many locations. Toys R Us announces 120 new stand-alone stores this holiday season with Go Retail...

The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks away. Omni Talk figured what better way to get ready for the upcoming season than to put together our primer of the must-see tech that has caught our attention this year. This episode features Mirakl’s section of our Fall Conference Season “M...

The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks away. Omni Talk figured what better way to get ready for the upcoming season than to put together our primer of the must-see tech that has caught our attention this year. This episode features Portal’s section of our Fall Conference Season “M...

The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks away. Omni Talk figured what better way to get ready for the upcoming season than to put together our primer of the must-see tech that has caught our attention this year. This episode features Portager’s section of our Fall Conference Season...

The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks away. Omni Talk figured what better way to get ready for the upcoming season than to put together our primer of the must-see tech that has caught our attention this year. This episode features Quorso’s section of our Fall Conference Season “M...

The Fall retail conference season is officially underway, with NRF Paris having just wrapped and Groceryshop, Shoptalk Fall, NACS, and many others just weeks away. Omni Talk figured what better way to get ready for the upcoming season than to put together our primer of the must-see tech that has caught our attention this year. This episode features TruRating’s section of our Fall Conference Season...

It’s lightning round time, and Chris Walton and guest host Josh Hahn tackle some of life's most pressing questions, from choosing whether Sports Authority or Meijer prepared Josh better for recruiting, to the exact AI superpower Chris wishes he had for his morning routine. Plus, they debate the best QSR to add to Walmart's restaurant tab and establish a non-negotiable rule for airport etiquette. ▶...

Kroger has trimmed its full-year same-store sales outlook even as digital e-commerce and retail media continue to see strong double-digit growth. Chris Walton and Josh Hahn discuss the state of traditional grocery and what shrinking sales forecasts mean when digital layers are the primary bright spots. ▶️ Watch the full Fast Five episode here: https://youtu.be/089y7s8PKCE This podcast uses the fol...